Workshop organized by the Max Planck Research Group of Family and Succession Law in Muslim Countries Hamburg
Venue: Centre Jacques Berque pour les Études en Sciences Humaines et Sociales (Rabat, Morocco)

Wed 1.4.2015, 19:00: Welcome speech and dinner by the organizational team

Thursday 2 April 2015
Fundaments and Systematization

9.00-9:15: Introduction
9:15-10.45: The Best Interests of the Child in Premodern Islamic Juristic Discourse and Practice
10:45-11:00: Coffee break
11:00-12:00: Terminology and definitions: laying the ground for a comparative discourse
12.00-13:30: Lunch
13:30-14:30: Classification of custody rules
14:30-15:30: Classification of guardianship rules
15:30-15:45: Coffee break
Specific issues
15:45- 16:45: Extent, revocation and end of custody and guardianship
19:00: Dinner

Friday 3 Aril 2015

9:00-10:00: The Impact of religion on parental care
10:00-11:00: Gender aspects in parental care
11:00-11.15: Coffee break

Actors shaping parental care
11:15-12.15: The best interests of the child in the framework of international child law conventions
12:15-12.45: The best interests of the child: Implications for cross-border abduction cases
12:45-14.00: Lunch
14:00-15:00: The role of the legislator in shaping parental care and the concept of BIC
15:00-16:00: The role of the judiciary in shaping parental care and the concept of BIC
16:00-16:15: Coffee break
16:15-17:15: Parental care and BIC in majority and minority Muslim jurisdictions
19:00: Dinner

Saturday 4 Aril 2015
Comparative summary and outlook

9:00-10:15: Comparative summary
10:15-10:30: Coffee break
10:30-12:30: Outlook